So recently, I had the unfortunate requirement to go to the Pakistani Embassy here. And it was sad experience. Outside, it looked like another embassy, the facade being just as good as the others. My heart began painting a picture of a professionally run, neat and clean embassy. But then I went inside. And it… Read More Delusions of Grandeur

Recently, I have resorted to what I can Turtle reading. It is when you take a book, take months to read it, re-read each page at least thrice before proceeding but do not give up until it’s finished. I was never a Turtle reader, however nowadays life seems to have taken the front seat making… Read More Turtle reading

Yes, this year  I am on a search for a new experience. It has recently hit me that soon I will be out of my 20s, and then everything will be different. (Maybe it isn’t quite as dramatic as I describe it, but it will be different.) So I have decided, this year I must… Read More I’m on a lookout for new experiences

‘What matters is who matters’ – Me

I am obsessed with coffee and tea. Like, nothing makes my heart skip a beat literally and figuratively quite like these 2 (Well, my husband does, but these come a close second). So if anyone suggests grabbing a cuppa joe I leap at the opportunity. Dubai Mall, Dubai’s largest mall, hosts about 30-40 (I’m guessing) coffee… Read More Finally…a little something about latte

Snip Snip snip snip. The monotonous sound of greasy, rusted scissors was driving her mind into a frenzy. This noise had been hammering away at her brain all day now. Scratch that. It had been this way since she started working in this dingy salon in Karachi five years ago. Five years of her life,… Read More A published short story

You could be sitting on the sofa, watching your favorite showing, smiling happily at the fact that you have life all figured out. And then it throws you a curveball. And what makes me mad is that I always get up to catch it or hit it (whichever works for this analogy). What I should… Read More Life never works according to plan

So recently, a good friend shared a blog with me that was centered around finding friendships post marriage and move (to new city). It was very well written and talked about how difficult it is to find enduring friendships in adulthood. I know it is wrong, but I could not help but be absolutely pleased… Read More Friendships in Limbo

So my whole body hurts. Like it’s as if a steamroller went over me and cracked my bones. But inside, my soul is pleased. It is enjoying the pain. Because it’s time the body was punished. It’s time it was told ‘Drop that chocolate cake, you glutton!’ So as my soul laughs perversely, I struggle… Read More Bootcamping it

(And sometimes I write without a goal in mind…)   I have nothing to say. Really. I wish I did. Then I wouldn’t feel like my head is the reason I have been struggling with my weight most of my life. It’s the extra baggage. And it’s the worst kind of baggage. It conveniently becomes… Read More The Rant